One thing I don't get is why people show up in their trisuit for the bike check-in the day before the race.

You forgot a word

---

"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I saw that at a local sprint and I had no clue what was going on. All I could do was say I'm glad I'm not THAT guy!

Just read this on ESPN, is Crossfit going to go after them too?

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11262964/crossf-explosive-growth-fuels-safety-concerns#correx

I would be more than happy to look like him.

---

______________________________________________

"Sweep the leg...Do you have a problem with that?" - John Kreese

So don't watch them then, the same as they probably don't want to see the video of some tri guy before and after he takes out 4mm of stem spacers and posts repeated check my fit videos..

next you are going to bitch about all the facial hair on the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did 7th place earn?

I think the injury issue is overstated, all sports lead to the potential for injury. A good friend is a PT and he said the number one activity he sees injury from (sport related injury) is runners, followed by high school sports such as soccer, football, basketball, and then triathletes/cyclists. I asked about CF and he said he has seen a few but nothing like the media has hyped it up to be. He said he recently attended a med conference which addressed CF and the potential injuries and the general vibe was that it was not going to be a sport driving people into PT's offices/ serious injury.

I think part of the drive against CF is because the typical gyms are hurting and trying to push a PR campaign to get people out of CF and back into spin class. I asked a GM of a local Lifetime fitness who he views as his primary competition and he said without a doubt CF, he said they draw all backgorunds and its hard to get people to come back to a normal gym.

I just realized something while reading your post.

Aren't crossfitters essentially the weightlifting versions of us?

Yep, they are exactly like us, in fact in their definition they state the goal of CF is to be generalists of the "ten fitness domains". They pretty much do everything triathletes do and like triathletes assume they are better than everybody else because they are somewhat skilled in multiple sports.

You seem knowledgeable about CF. What's the deal with this event*? Specifically, what's up with having to hold the rope?

http://games.crossfit.com/...eam-6-mile-relay-run

*I like watching the CF games.

---

---

My triathlon training blog

+1 Can't deny the fact that I took up CF in my off season and the strength gains are very noticeable in my training this year.

Can't imagine CF people complaining about all the tri people talking about workouts in their feeds :D

Whole injury thing is hype. Pick a responsible organization/"box" to train at where they don't allow you to sacrifice form for weight and have the personal accountability to know your limits and its just like any other sport. In my n=1 experience I've been busted up more in my tri training and other sports than I have in CF.

I calculate the winners ran 6.5min/mile pace for the run. Not shabby at all considering how much muscle mass they all have.

I recon the rope is just to keep the paired team together. Also gives a chance to add equipment (a rope) into the event.

That's nice, but I could have someone do pushups situps etc. and still see significant strength gains. It is not a strength and conditioning system for sports. For a soccer player does it make you faster, does it make your cuts quicker, does it make you jump higher. No one really cares that you can lift more wt (snatch, jerk, clean, etc.) don't mean crap if it doesn't make you a better athlete. Just lifting more doesn't necessarily make you a better athlete.

are you joking?

The role holding was part of a relay in the team division. There is a masters division (think age group), team competition, and then the individual competition ( "pro"). Most of the dumb stuff happens in the team events/masters where people are really not that fit at all and lots of bad form etc. You also get more steroid use in the masters/team competitions as well which i think diminishes its legitimacy as well.

I like watching CF and do it on occasion as its a good method of weight training in my opinion but i have no illusion that it will make me faster.

No and if you think differently you have no concept as to principles of strength and conditioning nor exercise physiology. Mi suggest you go read up on both.

perhaps you should notify the Olympic weightlifters... oh the irony. That's like a weightlifter saying "just running a quicker marathon doesn't make you a better athlete." You're comparing two totally dissimilar sports and claiming only one competitor is an "athlete"

---

"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"

Agreed. Needs of the athlete will always dictate their best training methods. Clean, snatch, jerk...those are all explosive movements meant to train for explosive strength and speed, beneficial for all athletes mentioned. Go to most collegiate weight rooms and you will see the teams performing all of these movements in conjunction with your squats and controlled movements. Strength comes in many forms.

Power to weight ratio is the bottom line, holds true for humans as well as machines. As long as the athlete with agility and speed demands does not compromise their speed, agility and flexibility with the added strength/weight gains then they are improving and going to perform well.

Depends on the sport obviously, but there is absolutely a correlation between compound movement explosive strength and explosiveness in many components of many different sports. That is not even debatable and it is backed by decades of EBR. If there wasn't, college and professional programs wouldn't be spending millions per year on equipment and s&c coaches. Now, crossfit generally does not teach the most efficient methods to improving this explosiveness; high rep explosive movements is a definite WTF no matter how you dice it.

yup! haha
love when the new dude shows up and drops a post on what he/she thinks might be a novel topic. Note to all: Search Function is a good friend

Say, on the topic of Powercranks ?:)...



.

WATCH THE VIDEO.

---

"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"

You mean you DON'T sleep in your trisuit?

The difference is these are incorporated into a proper strength program at most colleges that utilize a proper professional. No program relies on these alone as they are primarily single plane exercise, where most sports rely on multi plane movements